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From the Tennessee Firearms Association Website:   NASHVILLE, TN: In a move sweeping the nation, some Tennessee Sheriffs are stating their public encouragement for Tennessee Handgun Permit Holders to participate in their own personal defense by encouraging them to legally carry their weapons at all times. John Harris, Executive Director, Tennessee Firearms Association, today announced the receipt and availability of copies of letters recently signed by two sheriffs affirming their confidence in Tennessee’s law abiding citizens and Handgun Permit Holders.  Specifically, letters of support have been signed by Sheriff Paul Thomas from Gibson County, Tennessee, and Sheriff Guy Buck from McNairy County, Tennessee. “In light of the numerous terrorist attacks in this country and that apparently growing trend, at least some of Tennessee's Sheriffs are making it clear that they support Tennessee's Handgun Permit Holders as being personally responsible for their own, personal defense needs.  These Sheriffs are also sending the important message to potential criminals and terrorists that there is no safe haven for them in Tennessee,” Harris said.  “We do not need more ‘Chattanooga’ incidents to confirm that Tennessee is really no safer for the individual citizen than was San Bernardino and that Tennessee Handgun Permit Holders can stand as a solid deterrent against terrorism - at least as to their own self-defense needs.” In the past several weeks, sheriffs from around the country have been making public statements regarding the importance of citizens being vital in the duty of keeping of the peace. Constitutionally, the county sheriff is the highest ranking elected official in any Tennessee county and has first-line responsibility for the safety and security of its citizens even above any other state or federal official. The Tennessee Firearms Association recently called upon Tennessee's Sheriffs to state their position on the importance of individual citizens being willing and able to provide for their self-defense when their own lives are at stake. “The Volunteer State is called that for a reason,” said Harris. “We continue to ask Tennessee Sheriffs to step up to the plate and reaffirm their confidence in Tennessee's citizens and, in particular, the Handgun Permit Holders, to join them in building a bulwark of protection against any person or group that seeks to do harm to our citizens.” Harris concluded, “The Tennessee Firearms Association will continue to support elected officials who demonstrate their understanding of the 2nd Amendment and act accordingly.  The TFA looks forward to the passage of Constitutional Carry as early as the 2016 legislative session so that government fees and oversight no longer infringe the ability of law abiding citizens across Tennessee to carry personal firearms for self-defense without the need for a permission slip from the government.  The need for this legislation is not just constitutionally justified but is now even more pressing because of the real and present dangers that terrorism presents in Tennessee” Those seeking more information should check the Tennessee Firearms Association’s website at www.tennesseefirearms.com and can also join the TFA by going to join.tennesseefirearms.com

A part of me wishes they would just go ahead and cram full scale ban and confiscation down our throats. It would be the straw that broke the camels back, hundreds of thousands would die, and the country would be forever changed. But at least this festering boil would be lanced and could begin to heal. If it's coming I want it to come while my generation is the one still here to deal with it, so my children don't have too. Sent from behind the anvil

I'd be pissed too.  You buy Glock for reliability.  If you wanted something that can be ammo picky and unreliable you could get some fancy 1911 and then you'd at least have something that's aesthetically pleasing to look at while you're clearing malfunctions.  LOL!

  Like I said, to each their own.  However, people buying things they can't afford does have an affect on us all.

Every time I look at new trucks I also look at a new Corvette.  For 5K more I can get the Vet....  Then I say the hell with it and I will keep my 93 Jeep Wrangler a little longer. 

It's a Daily KOS article so...   What's funny is people like that get all up in arms about rights violations but have no issue with violating someone else's.  So long as it's not something they care about.

Chances are they are worth about $1000-1200 together. This is not woodworking or specialty pricing but true log prices. This is if you loaded them on a trailer and drove them to the mill yourself. Hauling would deduct up to $200 from the total price. Of course sourcing a mill or log buyer is the hardest part. I will look tomorrow when I'm at the office (TN Div of Forestry) and see if there are any mills in the region and you can call and see if they can help.

Haters gotta hate. :) Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk

I saw that last week. I have a few of the gp100's in 357 mag, I just can't justify paying a couple of hundred more for a 22lr then the same gun in 357. I have the stainless convertible single six in 22lr/22mag which to me is an excellent shooter and two different calibers for a lot less money. Yes, I know the single six is SA and the GP100 is DA/SA but these are not IMHO self-defense gun's just fun range gun's. Sorry Ruger not this one.

I work in automotive advertising and I'll tell you there is more profit in a truck than any other common vehicle sold. At the end of the year you can get them to drop prices by $10,000 on high end models. Sent from the Fortress of Solitude.

    Sadly, I'm not familiar with the $50k-$65k used car market.  The most expensive vehicle I've ever bought cost about what you saved on the Raptor. 

Maybe this will help:   http://www.hoppes.com/bore-cleaners/no-9-ultimate-synthetic-bore-cleaner

I got some of the holster parts glues together, I'll finish that up tomorrow and got a belt to work on for a guy in Cali and the key fobs have to cut the leather for those stamp them install the straps then decide if I am going to die them or just clear coat.  

I'm predicting a flood posts will end with "Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk just to annoy Oh Shoot" for a bit.  :P

  Much irony in this post ...

I suspect a large majority of firearms enthusiasts feel pretty much the same way guys.

Mikey Gideon just HATES that guy. ;)   - OS

I had 2 at a house that we now now rent out. A lot of people talked about how much they were worth. That is till it came time to pay up. Finally found someone that came and cut down and hauled off for free. They did give me a couple of boards from them. I was just glad not to have sounds of ww3 anymore when I mowed around where they used to be...

It's biodegradable. And you aren't suppose to use the original on nickel.

That stinks. It's gonna be almost as out there as the Halloween match but not quite as hard to see. One of the Team Shooters just dropped off a bunch of Christmas Trees at the shop that will be in play tomorrow night!

Looking at that group if true then the muzzle may have been counterbored to re-crown the barrel. If so you should be able to see a distinct step not far from the end of the barrel when looking from the muzzle end. Bob

  Perhaps they seek to get back their R&D cost at a faster rate for a while on a new caliber, dunno. I haven't noticed over when other calibers are added to an existing line.   Oh, and also, the .22 is the only one in the line that has the fiber optic front sight. I see they charge 62.50 for a combined rear and front fiber optic set, so that's part of it I guess. Also the only one that's offered with the groovy wood inset grip, and looks like it might be the rare Magellan Coihue found only in remote regions of Tierra Del Fuego. ;)   - OS

Muzzle may be counter bored due to wear. Need to see if it looks so.

  Oranges to oranges to be fair, MSRP for the .22, which is in stainless with adjustable sight,  is $50 more than stainless adjustable sight .357 models.   - OS

If you belong to multiple forums it's very convenient to access them all from one place

Sturmgewehr is a pretty good reference for going prices.   http://sturmgewehr.com/webBBS/nfa4sale.cgi

No need to lower your standards. :whistle: If that theory holds water, then judging by her "aren't I more clever than you" photo above, she must be a virgin. The picture below (recently posted on TTAG) reinforces my point. It pretty much relays the attitude that the only person in the world that she gives two sh*ts about is the person in her bathroom mirror. I've never understood people who seem to be perpetually angry at the World, yet refuse to recognize that 95% of their own problems are self-initiated.

Fair enough. :)

    BMW cars are bimmers, BMW motorcycles are beemers.  ;)     I agree that many people are addicted to car payments.  They wouldn't know what to do with themselves if they didn't have to pay that note every month.  They have no concept of personal debt.  A paid-for car must be worn out, right?   As for big/expensive trucks, most of the time it's as simple as "mine's bigger than yours", or at least that's what I want you to think...       But hey, if I had the cash to drop $75k on a vehicle, I'd probably do it.  Enjoy what you've got.  Some have more than others, such is life in a capitalist society.  A guy I work with just paid cash for an $85k big block Cobra.  Friggin' sweet car and he deserves it.  I'm just happy I got to ride in it.  My $1500 motorcycle is plenty fun too. 

Sounds like it didn't actually decrease; you just opted for a cheaper plan. I dare say that no one is getting the same coverage for less money this year.

probably the high power if I *had* to pick off that list.   And that simply because I don't care for snubbies and if I do get one it would be capable of 357s even if I shot 38s, I don't like glocks, the sig has a bad trigger,  the ruger would be my runner up.    These guns are all over the place in style, so my thought is that you should head back to the drawing board, come up with a style you like,  pick some guns that are somewhat similar to each other,  and ask again.    This looks like you just wrote down what the local pawn shop has on the shelf today, no offense, but there is almost nothing in common here so what you are asking is which of those we like best,  and at a guess most of us have not even shot, much less owned, all of them...   your answers are going to be about as useful as voting for most popular back in high school.   Fun exercise, but not terribly meaningful.

The SS stalked me well, this was on my "eventually" list. Limbsaver for Magpul stocks for my 50Beowulf, my shoulder thanks you Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Clearly do. A lady in Alabama  bought a 2014 Raptor for $65k, put on 14k miles in 11 months, figured out this wasn't quite what she signed up for and sold it to me for $49.5k, so yeah I'll pocket the $15.5k at someone else's expense. Here's one better All thought it's not lately (9yrs ago), it's priceless. A doctor in Jacksonville bought a H1 for $115k, put 11k miles in 24 months, traded it in at a Toyota dealership for $55k, the dealership sold it to a saint louis hummer dealership for $60k and I bought it for $65k. So yeah there are deals out there, finding them is the fun part!

If the bike is a "highly desirable collectors item" then it seems like it would make sense to return it to the original color.  Based on the other comments above, I would see if the original paint is still there, and in good shape, and go from there.  One comment indicates rattle can paint can be removed w/o damage.  Original everything really helps on the collectors value.   If you want the bike because it has good memories and not necessarily for the collectors value, paint the color you want.  

I am just a big ol walking contradiction...

  That will never happen, especially when the general mentality is "lowest monthly payment possible".

It's all the damned technology. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

Ideally, none.  I'd generally prefer a cylinder, instead. :D   To answer the question, though, I think a new semiauto pistol should include two magazines.  Being that some problems with such firearms can be largely magazine related I have to wonder how many times a 'defective' new pistol could be 'repaired' simply by using a different magazine.  I know that one could simply go and buy a second mag to make sure that isn't the problem before sending it back under warranty, trading it or whatever but who wants to buy a second mag separately only to find out that the mag isn't the problem?

If it is not cost prohibitive take it back to original colors.  

I'd be in prison if it happened to me. It WOULDNT happen to me cause I would never take a dog to a park BUT if I did and this happened, I would dead or in prison. Dead means he shot better than me, prison means he didn't. My dog is no longer with me, but I would gladly and without remorse shoot any swinging dick that tried to hurt him.

10 years

For the win!

This is funny because I am driving back to California for the holidays and taking my AR with me.  I intentionally left the bullet button on when I moved to TN just so I could take it with me back to the Peoples Republic of Kommiefornia and I would be legal.   Does this mean when I cross the California border, my bullet button will activate making it fully auto?  Or is it like the Ring when it gets close to Mordor?  As soon as I get to California, I will see the great flaming eye of Jerry Brown searching for the evil black guns?

If they are liberals I have a difficult time considering them as family.

Your firearm is a tool of last resort, check your ego, leave the area, avoid giving the finger, meaning the only reason to use your gun is keep from having a WORSE day; if you use it....it will be a bad day.  NO ALOCHOL....zilch, nadda, zero.  If you must have a drink unload and store your gun.  Firearm laws are very 'fluid'.  It is your responsibility to keep up with them.  TGO is a great place to do so.  Also be active with your State and US officials.  Let them know what legislation you are for or against.

I have heard that different instructors teach different things, so to clear it up, you DO NOT have a duty to inform a police officer that you are carrying when they make contact with you. I do, but only because I hope it will buy me goodwill that might get me out of a speeding ticket. Success rate is around 80% so far, so I'm gonna keep doing it.   If you didn't come from another state where you had a carry permit, you will probably find yourself touching your gun a lot to make sure it's still there/in place. This will pass as you carry more.   Carry enough that get used to doing so, but never complacent. You don't want to find yourself staring down a rookie cop's AR/M16 because you carried somewhere you shouldn't. It happens.   Fly with your guns. Once you've done it a couple of times, it's no big deal. Different airports will handle it slightly differently, but within the same legal context. For example, some airports will have the TSA agent come to the ticket counter to do their thing, and others will have you escort the bag and agent to a room where they do their thing. Just budget a little extra time for it and you'll be fine.   In Tennessee, but not all states, "No guns" signs carry the weight of law, meaning don't enter while carrying. Most of the time if you do and are discovered, you'll simply be asked to leave and that will be the end of it. If the cops are called, they do have the right to cite you for something. I've never been in the situation so I don't know for what.   Practice your draw deliberately leaving your booger hook off the bang switch. Make this as natural as moving your foot from the gas to the brake pedal in your car. Don't ever, ever let yourself get into the habit of drawing with your finger on the trigger or you'll end up like ole Tex Grebner. (Search for him on YouTube if you don't know who he is.)   Above all, stay safe and keep your head on a swivel. Don't go looking for trouble, but be prepared should it come looking for you. There are surely more tips, but I don't want to hurt my puny little brain trying to think of them all.

  Didn't you read his location? Cornfield County obviously... ;)

Negative. Glock is making guns in Georgia now but they are all being exported. Any Glock you buy here in the U.S. is made in Austria. Strange isn't it?